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LEGIONNAIRES GO TO FLORENCE Fourth Annual Convention of the American Legion The fourth annual convention of the American Legion for the de . partment of South .- Carolina wiU convene Wednesday morning, the 23rd, at 9 o'clock in Florence. iThe program for the^two days of the convention,' August 2S-24, i3 the largest yet attempted. Among ; the entertainments for the Legiori - naires. there will be a street dance Wednesday night,' a barbecue 1 Thursday, and a dance at the eourt ?xry cl?b Thursday night. The con vention promises to be the greatest yet held. The following delegates have 2 been -selected to represent the Sumter post: Messrs. George \D. . ^vy, chairman; Joseph S. Chan dler, Dr. Harry L. Shaw, Paul C. ? Aughtry, W. H. Bowman, Zach K. ? Darr, H. G. Brown. And the fol lowing alternates: Messrs. J. C. S Brown, H. E. Edens, E. Turner White. M. B. Cox, Lewis Des s Champs, H. W. Harby Frank Jep : Pi. The convention is not limited to '= only the delegates and alternates, -' "but all legionnaires are invited to attend,'and preparatio/is have'been made for a large number. Willis Jones Case Editor Daily" It em: .In the casual conversation I had < with you "yesterday in reference to ' the alleged escape of Willis Jones ibere ' was misunderstanding on jl yjGfur part concerning the facts,* and -- J would be glad to'have the state-. - - m.ent. corrected. T did not arrest the boy. He was apprehended by the city police and was returned to the reform school t, in Florence. As I understand the jgaatter. the school superintendent - jiurrendered him to the military au-: v fb'orities and he returned to Camp Bragg in North Carolina. Recently ? he was at home on furlough. I did not see him nor know that he- was -here until I Was shown the telegram frjpm Governor 1-rarvey directing his arrest. I made instant inquiry and - learned that Willis was in Bishop vilie, or rather had been there hut had gone back to the army on the " 6th inst., on the expiration of his v furlough, I suppose. Furthermore, ? !? am informed * that he boarded a train in Sumter on his return trip. I These are the details in breif as I - have heard them. Very respectfully, . ? ? CM. Hurst. -? o o ?? The movement that is being fos " tered by the South Carolina Devel opment Board to bring into this - *t"tate a number of selected dairy men and live stock raisers from the middle west merits serious con sideration by land owners and bus " iaess men who are thoroughly in ; terested in establishing these in : dustries on a firm basis in Sumter county. The high price of land fNaet the congestion of population in the middle ? west are driving large numbers of progressive and energetic young men to seek new homes in the far west and Canada, where* livinjg conditions arev hard and distance so great from the great market centers that hew Set Stiers have great difficulty in estab lishing themselves successfully and earning a living. It is to this class of men that the movement will be directed in order that the facts about South Carolina may be made known. These men not only have experience in dairying and live stock raising, but they have suffi cient capital to purchase land and ' equip themselves with dairy cattle and the necessary outfit. Sumter county has so many advantages over the raw sections of Canada as a potential dairy region?in soil, climate and nearness to markets? that if the truth can be carried to the men who are seeking homes in a less crowded section, where land can be purchased at reasonable prices, they can be interested. Sum ter county has made a start in dairying, the creamery has already been established, and the system ok hard surfaced roads penetrating j to all sections of the county, will j make the problem of transporting 1 the farm produce, including cream, | jnilk, eggs and poultry, to market: both easy and cheap. The soil, climate, good roads and easy ac-l cess to markets are the chief as sets of the county, and now that j the boll weevil has made cotton growing unprofitable, as a special ty. !t is absolutely necessary that our assets be capitalized and turned to profitable aecount. This, the best authorities agree, can best be done by developing the dairying industry. To develop it we must have experienced dairymen, and to obtain them it is necessary to go \ to the sections where this indus- ! try has been successfully carried | on in past years. This is the plan | of the South Carolina Development Board. The co-operation of Sum-: 11 jer county is sought, and the de- j tails and methods of operation of j the plan will be outlined at the meeting Thursday. Those who do 1 not want to dry up financially while i waiting for something to turn up ! to save this section from financial j ruin should look into and serious- j ly consider any plan that it is pro- j posed. If any suggestion has merit, j then it should be adopted. At- { tendance at the meeting Thursday i does not commit anyone to any thing, but it is an opportunity to j hear a plan that good business men have worked out. and which they believe will help South Carolina to capitalize latent but valuable as sets and undeveloped resources. % In our day a bare existence indi cates more nerve than poverty. :O?NTY NEWS The Primary Election Ballots to 'Be1 Voted at the . Election .August 29th ???? The official ballots to be voted in the primary election on August 29th are reproduced below for the information * of J voters who may want to pick their candidates be fore the day of election: STATE TICKET. ? For Governor. (Vote for"one. scratch others). Cole L.1 Biease,- '-' '' J. J. Cantey, * William Coleman, John T. Duncan, George K. Laney, Thomas G. -McLeod. For Lieutenant Governor. (Vote for one, scratch others), j E. C. L. Adams, E. B. Jackson, Jennings K. Owens. For Secretary off State*. - ( Votefor one, scratch others). W. Banks Dove, James C Dozier. For Attorney General. (Vote for one, scratch others). Harold Eubanks, D. M. Winter, Samuel M. Wolfe. For Comptroller General. (Vote for one, scratch others). - Walter JET. Duncan, T. Hagpod Gooding. For State Treasurer. Samuel T. Carter. For State Superintendent of Edu cation. (Vote for one, scratch others). ' Mrs. Bessie Rodgers Drake, J. H; Hope; O- D. Seay, Cecil H. Seigler, j. E. Swearingen, Mrs. E. Barton Wallace. For Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral. (Vote for one, scratch others). Robert E. Craig, Thomas B. Marshall. For Commissioner of Agriculture. (Vote for one, scratch others). B. Harris; ? ? -.? George W. Wightman. COUNTY TJCKETE. For Congress, 7th District. (Scratch two?vofe for one). Andrew J. Bethea H. P. Fulmer, John J. McMahan. For Solicitor. 3rd Circuit. - (Scratch one-^-vote for one). John" G.' Dinkins, Frank A. McLeod. For State Senate. Davis D. Moise. For House of Representatives. ([Scratch three?vote for three) E . W. Dabbs, Jr., John B. Duffie, * J. L. Gillis, C. J. Jackson, Robert Muldrow, S. K. Nash. For Judge of Probate. Th'os. * E. Richardson. For County Superintendent of Ed ucation, J. H. Haynsworth. " Magistrate, let District. (Scratch one). H. T- "Goodman, J. C. McElveen. Magistrate, 2nd District. (Scratch one). Geo. T. DesChamps^ " L. C. Tisdale. ' Magistrate, 3rd District. (Scratch one). M. J. Moore, M. A. Wilder. Magistrate 4th District. J. A. Hodge. Magistrate. 5th District. W. H. Ramsey. Magistrate. 6th District. R. L. Burkett. ? Magistrate, 7th District. L- S. Vinson. Magistrate, 8th District, r (Scratch one). Geo. J. Aycock, A. P. Lide. MEMORIAL > SERVICES Requiem Mass For the Laie Rev. J. F. Mahoney (News and Courier).' Solemn memorial services were held yesterday for the repose of the soul of the Rev. Joseph F. Ma honey, who died in Boston on Tues day, August 15, and who was in terred in his home town of Roches ter, New Hampshire, Friday. Owing to the sudden death of Father Mahoney it was impossible for his fellow priests to show him this mark of respect before yester day. In the absence of Bishop Russell the Very Rev. J. T: McEI roy, vicar general of the diocese of Charleston, celebrated a solemn | requiem mass, assisted by the Rev. J. J. May and the Rev. j. W. Car mody, of the Cathedral of this city The Rev. Francis Murphy, of Sum merville, was the master of .cere monies. The sermon was preached by the Very Rev- T. J. Hegerty, of Co lumbia. In his sermon Father Hegerty paid fitting tribute to Father Mahoney, who had spent twenty-one years of his priesthood in various parts of South Carolina. Father Mahoney was beloved by Protestants as well as Catholics, and this was evidenced by the large number who assisted at the services yesterday. Many messages of sympathy were received from the various parts of the state in which Father Mahoney had labored during earlier days of his priesthood. Others who as sisted at the ceremonies were the Rev. M. J. Reddin, of Camden; the Rev. L. Jacquier. of Columbia: the Rev. J. W. Westbury, of Spar tanburg; the Rev. W. A. Tobin. of Rock Hill, and the Rev. T- Mc Grath. of the Cathedal, of Char* lasten. MEETING OP ROTARY CLUB A Very Interesting Meeting Was Held Yesterday After noon A very interesting meeting of the Rotary Club was held Monday afternoon at the Claremont Hotel. A committee composed of Rotar ians Smith. Booth, and Hurst was appointed to get in touch with the proper authorities to see that signs are placed at the roads where de tours were necessary. There has been great complaint from people ! who have been coming info Sumter that signs had not been placed at some of the roads, and-the drivers of cars have been caused great in convenience and some expense and delay. The club felt that this mat ter could he rectified without se rious trouble, and the committee Was appointed to ask that these signs should be placed at the prop er roads. ' The meeting was made especially interesting on account of the fact that the members had been re quested to be in a position to tell in a speech not exceeding two minutes in length ? what Rotary had meant to them and was doing for thme. Rotarian Williams was of the opinion, that the club should definitely determine* upon some constructive program for the up building of our community. Ro tarian White stated' that he was quite young in Rotary experience, but. that he had already caught enough of the spirit of the organ ization to-make him willing to serve in any way within his power for the good of the Rotary club and for the whole community. Rotarian-Davis Moise told a very delightful story which effectively illustrated the 'fact that the idea of Rotary is a genuine spirit of co-operation between business men for the elevation of. business ideals and - for civic improvement. ' Rotarian Witherspoon" made the following excellent contribution: "The natural man thinks for him self and of the other fellow, but never for the other fellow; A Ro tarian, i find, thinks a little for the other fellow and a whole lot more of him." ' Rotarian Ryttenberg: "Rotary has meant more to me, no doubt, in the past six weeks than prob ably to any other member present. On account of circumstances with which you are not familiar, and on account of being sick, , it has been only by supreme effort that I have been able to be present. I came to feel the hearty hand-shake and el bow-touch of my fellow Rotarians and'have gone away revived, stim ulated, and with a better feeling to *carry on.' I am sure that noth ing except attendance at- Rotary could have dragged me from my home. I am also sure that nothing else courd have such a reviving and stimulating effect.*' ; * Rotarian Riley addressed his felr low Rotarians in the following words: "Rotary has meant to me the strengthening of friendships already made in Sumter and the makfng of many new friend3. It has meant the association with the leading men of the community and from that association has come a broadening and a erystalizing of the higher ideals of social and bus iness life: It has come to mean to me a bright Monday instead of the proverbial "blue" Monday, for each ?meeting means a building up of re newed vigor to meet the issues of the week to follow and with this strength better to serve the com munity." Rotarian Booth spoke as follows: "Mr. President, you asked me to make a two minutes' speech and expect it to be sensible and con nected: that's a hard job. Rotary and service are synonymous. Since we have been organized as a club Rotary principles and teachings have been indeed, inbueing us with a consciousness that unselfish ser vice to others is probably the most satisfying asset we can lay aside as we go along through" life. There are doubtless' those among us who have been more or less self-cen tered, selfish, and satisfied with ourselves; but Rotary principles bring us to the broad and demo cratic realization that the other fellow is as good, and probably bet ter than we are; that our best ef forts in life are to be estimated in terms of service to our God, tb our country, and to our fellowman rather than in selfish service to self. Rotary, since we have been organized, has rendered us a wonderful service in constantly re minding us of these things. Rotary during this time has been prepar ing our minds and our hearts for the service that we must render if we remain good Rotarians. We, like college students, have been going to school to Rotary. It's about time for us to graduate and get busy in what service we find at our hands to do. Let's go, fel low Rotarians." There has been a great deal of unfriendly and ill-informed criti cism of the work of the Tax Com mission in the press and on the stump, the criticism emanating largely from those who appeal to the prejudice rather than to the reason of the taxpaying public, who are restive under the burdens that the support of a modern gov ernment necessarily entails. It is easy to criticise and make out a case if facts are disregarded, but criticism is not always proof. To give the people who pay taxes the truth about the work of the State Tax Commission a rather lengthy review of the work, policies and methods of the Tax Commission and the results attained therefrom is printed today. It is long, but it is brim full of facts that taxpayers should know and it is hoped that every voter who would know the facts and desires to vote intelligent ly should read It with great care. No one knows when jet first came into use. I HIGHEST AVERAGE IN I \ ; THE STATE ! Graduate of the Sumter High School Wins the Gii! Wylie Scholarship Doctor Gill Wylie has establish ed at Winthrop College a memorial, scholarship for the student tha'fc. makes the highest average in the annual examinations held for Win throp College throughout the state of South Carolina. This scholarship was won this year by Miss Mamie j Wells, ? a graduate of the Sumter High school, class of 1922. Miss Wells is certainly worthy of the most cordial congratulations. The scholarship for Sumter coun ty was won by Miss May Willis Osteen of the same graduating class.. SUMTER CASE TO FEDERAL COURT 'Five Alleged Strikers Placed Under $600 Bond ^ j Charleston, Aug. 23.?-JCi D. With;-'. ; erspoon, J. P. Butler, Richard F^ Cleaper, Collie Hinson and M. K/ , Hinson. the five defendants who* were named in an order August 16,'. to show cause in'contempt pro ceedings in the United States dis trict court here, appeared before Judge Henry A. M. Smith yester day and were held for trial at the term of the federal court, which opens at Aiken on the first Tues day in October. The defendants were all from Sumter and were alleged to have violated the terms of the injunction recently granted the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company against its striking shop men: When the case was called the formal answers and denials of the allegations agianst the defendants' were filed and the court" held that' as there was this "direct conflict of testimony, involving questions o? fact," it should be placed on the docket for trial by a jury. ; ? The order also prescribed that . bond of $600 each be given by thej. defendants. The five men were, returned to Sumter, where United, . States Commissioner R. J. Bland, will have charge of approving these bonds. The five are charged with hav ing intimidated and interfered with employes of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, who have taken positions made vacant at ? Sumter by striking employes. Minutes of Council. The regular-meeting of council was held in the council chamber I Tuesday,- there being present M^,T or Jennings and Councilmen Raf field and McLeod. The minutes of the regular meeting of August 8th, and special meeting of the 15th were read and approved as cor- j rected. It was brought to the attention of council that erroneous rumors were current as to the purpose the funds derived from the sale of the proposed $250,000.00 bonds would be used, and the clerk was direct ed to publish in these minutes an extract from the minutes of the meeting of August Sth, which clear ly sets forth the purpose for which such funds are to be used: (Extract) _ . _ calling for an election as early as practicable for the purpose of issuing bonds not to exceed $250,000.00 for the sole purpose of paying the expenses of liabilities incurred in the improve ment of certain streets and side walks, abutting property owners to pay two-thirds of the cost there of." Council directed the mayor to call a mass meeting to be held in the court house on Friday evening, September 1st, at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the ad visability of issuing bonds in j amount of $250.000.00. and the clerk directed to give due public ity to such meeting. Councilman McLeod moved that the current funds of the city be again distributed equitably among the various banks of the city, and after discussion, council agreed that this would be done, and the clerk so directed. Council directed that their fu- . ture regular meetings on the sec ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month be held in the council chamber at 6 o'clock until other wise ordered. , McLeod Doing a Good Thing. I (Spartanburg Herald). In his speeches Mr. Thomas Mc Leod, as a candidate for governor, is doing a good thing, when he calls attention to the fact that high taxes in South Carolina "be gin at home." The counties of this ? state determine the tax their citi zens pay. As Mr. McLeod is say ing the question of taxation, while exceedingly important as a state : issue is more important as aroun- ; ty issue to be considered at home. It is a fact that under the law as i It exists today any one county by increasing its valuations may place upon its people an unfair proportion of the state taxes. It is this very situation that gives rise to much of our tax troubles. It is the inequalities. That is why ;tll state taxesi should be derived from sources oth-j er than real property. Mr. McLeod j is good enough to tell the people i of the counties the truth about this [situation. j -.? <? ? -? The two indenendent tobacco j warehouses are having big sales i daily, the total receipts up to date exceeding 750,000 pounds. Sumter is the best tobacco market in the state and the high prices being j i paid are attracting tobacco sellers from a radius of fifty miles. -? ? ? Phrenologists have never satis- j factorily accounted for the fact that when a man is puzzled he scratches his head. GIRL BURNED TO DEATH Miss Rosa Bell Townes At-, tempted to Start Fire in Stove With Gasoline McCormiok. Aug. 23.?Miss Rosa Bell Townes, the 12 year old daugh ter of Mr. -and Mrs. W. F. Townes of Plum Branch, met a tragic death at the home of her parents at Plum Branch yesterday when she undertook to kindle a fire in a stove by the use of gasoline. It seems that Miss Townes was preparing to cook dinner for the family and had been in the habit of pouring a little gasoline in the stove to start the fire, but yester day the stove was evidently warm from breakfast cooking and when she poured the gasoline in the stove it exploded, evidently caus ing Miss Townes to spill some of the gasoline on her clothes as she was immediately covered with flames.' She ran through the house and out in the street with her clothes all in flames and before help could reach her her clothing had been burned and her body was burned to such an extent that al though medical aid reached her Vvithin ten minutes she died with in four hours from the time she svas burned WIDOW WILL SUE COUNTY Makes Application for Penalty j * of $2,000 for Alleged lynch ing of Husband Mcormick, Aug.! 23.?Through her attorney, F. A. Wise of the local bar, Janie Bell Quarles, the widow and administrator of Herbert Quarles, negro, has formally made ?emand upon the county of Mc Hormick for the penalty of $2,000 for the alleged lynching of Her bert Quarles in June of last year. Herbert Quarles was the negro who, it is alleged, criminally as saulted a highly respectable white woman as she went to a mail box near her home about^ one mile from Plum Branch. The negro i was hunted for two days and one I night and when found admitted [ tiaving committed the crime and j was put to death. - The widow now makes demand apon the county for a penalty of ?2,000 and states that unless the matter is compromised suit will be nstituted for the full sum. KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING IZoh James Williams and Two Women Killed Near ? Dur ham Dnrham. N. C, Aug. 23.?Col. ( lames Marks Wilhams, coast artil-[ tery, U. S. A., of 52', Perry street, J Montgomery',' Ala.,- his wife, Mrs.J Anna M. Williams, and a Miss Ann. Williams, also of Montgomery, j were instantly killed tonight when i Southern railway passenger train struck an automobile in which they were riding at a grade crossing three miles west of this city. The accident occurred at a cross ing on a detour from the national highway between Durham and Greensboro. The automobile, it is ?aid. was moving slowly, the de vour being rough. The train, two hours late, is reported to have been moving rapidly. With the combined wreckage of i the automobile and the engine's j )ilot scattering on either side the!: train went some distance beyond [ the crossing before it was brought | to a stop. ' j The train crew picked up the; bodies of Colonel Williams and the! two women and placed them in the; baggage car. Colonel Williams isji ?aid to have shown signs of life, ? but he was dead when the train reached Durham. Aside from the ? ?ut on his right hand his body was without a sign of injury. His feft leg was broken however, nearj the ankle. * Mrs. Williams' head was crushed j Vliss Williams' body bore cuts and i ibrasions. The victims of the accident were j :aken fom the local station to an andertaking establishment to iwait information from Montgom ?ry as to disposition. SIX INJURED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT | Automobile's Crash on Road Near Anderson i Anderson. Aug. 23.?Six people I vere injured yesterday in an auto-.j nobile collision. Mrs. Calhounj rlarris was driving to Clemson Col- ; ege and was about seven miles from Anderson when the accident i happened. A tobacco salesman ; passed Mrs. Harris and the cloud ?>f dust that was raised kept her *rom seeing an approaching car. ilso blinding the driver who was Vir. Gambreil of Sandy Springs. ' The door of Mrs. Harris' auto-j nobile was thrown open and her I not her, .Mrs. J. W. Morrah of Mt.! Marmel, and little Alice Childs Harris were thrown from the car to the ground. Mrs. Morrah suf fered a dislocated hip and it was thought that the child had also' >een seriously injured, but her con-J lition Is much better this after- j noon. Both were taken to the j Anderson county hospital: Mrs. Harris was badly bruised ind cut by glass about the head. Mr. John Harris, father of Calhoun Harris, was 'also cut and bruised considerably, and both the young sons of Mrs. Harris were. John Bradley was also slightly hurt. Miss Alice Harris also is suffering more from shock than actual in juries. Mr. Gambrell, who was ?riving the other car, was not iurt at all, according to reports. COLLINS FOUGHT TO THE DEATH Handful of Men Slaughtered by Overwhelming Force of Bushwhackers Cork,- 'Aug: 23 (By the Associated Press).?Michael Collins fell fight ing to the last against what seem ed at first and overwhelming force of- irregulars who ambushed his little party in a wild mountain road between Macroon and Bandon. The commander in chief of the national army had been visiting. Cork, and, accompanied by the members of the headquarters staff, ?left-at 6 o'clock1 Tuesday morning to inspect the military positions south of Cork. He was escorted by a light armored car and a lorry carrying soldiers. Altogether the party is believed to have number ed about a score, including Gen. Sean O'Connell, commander of the bodyguard, and Major General Dal ton, commander of the Free State troops in Cork. A dispatch rider preceded the large touring car with Collins and' other officers, then followed a whippet armored car, while an or dinary open tender brought up the rear. The party visited nearly all the posts to the south of Cork oc cupied by the national army, among them Skibbereen, Ross Car bery and Clonakilty, at each place the officers commanding were in terviewed and the company was enthusiastically received. ' Owing to the interruption of communication in the main road the party towards evening took a roundabout route for Cork from Bandon". While proceeding by road at 6:30 o'clock in the evening the party was ambushed by about 200 irregulars. The battle opened with a few shots fired by the attacking forces. The "nationals were taken by sur prise, ' and one of the first bullets nearly struck Mr. Collins before his ear was stopped, missing him only by an inch or two. The na tionals hastily dismounted and General Collins himself assumed leadership.- A hail .of bullets sweeping the road left him quite unmoved, his first thought being for the safety of his mt?n, whom he ordered to takf1 cover at the fences On both sides of the road. At ? the very outset the dispatch | rider in front was badly wounded j in the lungs, and under the direc- j tion of the commander in chief was] removed to temporary safety. It j was in the very' last stages that J Michael Collins was killed. It isj asserted that the careful, well di- j rected fire at the nationals took I heavy toll, a large number of ir-j regulars being killed or wounded, j Dublin, Ang. 23 (By the Associ-1 ated Press).?The Irish govern-j ment this afternoon issued the fol lowing statement on the death of Michael Collins: "The greatest and gravest of our eountrymen has . been snatched from us at a moment when vic tory smiled through the clouds upon the rising up of the nation to which he had devoted all the pow ers of magnificent manhood. "The genius and courage of Michael Collins lent force and in spiration to the race and brought the long fight against the external enemy to a triumphant end, which had become almost a dream and swept before it the domestic revolt which tried to pluck from your hands the fruits of that triumph of- your unchallenged authority in the land. "In every phase of the awaken ed activity of the nation, the con struction, administration and exe-r cution of the military the person ality of Micheal Collins was vivid , and impelling. He has been slain to our unutterable grief and loss. But he can not die. He will live in the rule of the people which he : gave his great best to assert and confirm and which his colleagues undertake as a solemn charge to maintain/' Ready to Receive Old Cotton ; Columbia, Aug. 24.?Official an nouncement was made by the ? South Carolina Cotton Growers' , Co-operative Association this morn- : ing, that it is ready to receive old cotton from members who desire to deliver it. Instructions are be- , ing sent out to members who have . indicated a desire to sell this cot- ' ton through the association. De- 1 livery of old cotton i3 optional with : the member. The association ex- ' pects to be ready within the next ! few days to receive new cotton. Instructions are now being prepar- [ ed and will go out to members very shortly, it was said today. Officials of the association today pointed out that it had been a j tremendous task to build up the machinery to handle the crop as organization had to be built from the ground up. Officials of the as sociation are enthusiastic over the ? prospects. The morale of the members of the organization, they say, is perfect and everywhere > over the state there is a disposition among the members and the busi- 1 ness men of the state to back the association to the limit. Over loo ' new contracts have been received by the association in the past 4S ; hours, it was stated today, and new |: members are being received daily. I In Recorder's Court. In the case of the automobile col- < lision of J. H. Taylor and R. P. Gallagher, on the corner of Lib- : erty and Salem, last Sunday, both pleaded guilty, and were fined < $10 each for speeding. In the case of the fight that took 1 place at the colored dance Wed-1 nesday night, engaged in by three; negroes, Dorothy Phillips was' fined $50 or 30 days: Henry King 1 was fined $10 or 2u days, and I Willie James, who useoi his knife more skillfully than the chers, was i fined $100' or 80 days. ] NOTICE Primary Election Tuesday. Aug ust 29. 1922. Notice is hereby given that a Democratic Primary Election will be held in the several clubs, es tablished by order of the Demo cratic Executive Committee for Sumter county, at the following places on Tuesday, August 29th, 1922, for nominating candidates for congressman, state and coun yt offices, pursuant to the consti tution and rules, of the party and in accordance with the Acts of the General Assembly of the state, regulating primary elections; and I the second primary, if one shall be necessary, will be held on Tues day, September 12th, 1922. The following named persons have been designated and appointed as managers and clerks of the pri mary elections to be held by the democratic, party of Sumter county,' August 29th and September 12^;h, 1922: Ward 1?Edgar Skinner, W. J. Davis, L. E. White, A. E. Gregg, Clerk. Ward 2?A. J. Bynum, E. L. Du- I com, A. W. Moseley; Manning! Brown, Clerk. 1 Ward 3?G. R. Phillips, J. A- \. Calhoun, J. M. N. Wilder; M. W. j Shelley, Clerk. Ward 4?S. M. Pringle, J. T. James, F. E. Nigels; T. E. Hins on, Clerk. . ' ' Concord? C. W. Brunson, H- D.j Brunson, L. W. Warren; Albert Brogdon. Clerk. Dalzell?H. C. ? Edens, S. F. j Moore, R. J. Brogdon; A. C. f Thompson, Clerk. DuBose ? Stanyarne Burrows, Marion Dorn. Edward Dick; J. T. [; Rivers, Clerk. Earle ? J- A. Cooper, Harry Hodge, R. H. Broadway; A. E. I Elliott, Clerk. Farmers?Robert Mellette, R. C. Wactor, James Dinkins; R. B.' Dinkins, Clerk. Hagood?W. J. Sanders, H. H.}; Sanders, B. F. Myers; C. C. My- j ers, Clerk. Manchester?E. R. Williams, J.\ W. Allsbrooks, M- A. Coulter; S. M. Coulter, Clerk. Mayesville?W. B. Cooper, A. H. j Mayes, B. C. Chandler. Oswego?F. W. Andrews, H. R. j McLeod, J. F. Hopkins; M. M. r Brown, Clerk. Pisgah ? J. E. DuPre, G. W. Elmore, J. T. Watson; Leon Stuckey, Clerk. Pinewood?R. A. Lawrence,, H. L. Baxley, L. A. Graham. Pleasant Grove?J. J. McElveen, S. J. Wilson, J. W. Baker; J. R. Goodman, Clerk. Privateer?S- D. Cain, A. P. Hinson, J. M. Jackson; M. R. Jack-; son. Clerk. Rafting Creek?T.'J. Brown, J. j? A. Reames, J. C. GiUis; J. H. Mc Leod, Clerk. Reid's?C. A. Johnson, J. D.j Osteen, Geo. L. Brown; Robert] Ardis, Jr., Clerk. Salem-H. D. Warren, L. D.1 Goodman, R. P. Skinner. Stateburg?J. G. Simmons, J. T. Frierson, M. B. Murray; Kinloch Bull, Clerk. Shiloh?S. B. McElveen, J. M. McElveen, W. W. Green, W. T. Green, Clerk. Taylors?J. H. Truluck, John| Truluck, Napoleon McNeil; J. M. Truluck, Clerk. Trinity?T. Jeff Keefe, T. R, Mims, J. A. Mims; "Dee Mims, Clerk. j) Wedgefield?E. L. Burress, w. L. 1 Dew, W. II. Ramsey; B. A. Wein- \ berg, Clerk. 3 Zoar?J. A. Blackwell, S. J. ' White, P. L. Jones; J. L. Brog- j don, Clerk. One of the managers for eachj club will call on the undersigned] for the bc:es for his club, tickets,] etc. and will qualify on or before' ' August 2Sth, 1922. The secretar- 1 ies of the several clubs will call for ' the original club book of enroll- 1 ment and deliver the same to the ( managers of the election. The polls will open at 8 o'clock 1 a. m., and remain open until 4 5 o'clock p. m., August 29th, 1922, J whereupon the managers will pro- - peed to count the votes and after tabulating the result shall certi-j* fy the same and forward the bal-p lot boxes containing the poll list 1 ballots, returns and all other pa- < pers, except the club roll book, oy one of their number to the J county chairman, within thirty-six hours after the close of the polls. The managers shall return the orig inal roll book to the secretary of i the club immediately after the dec- i iaration of the result of the bal- < loting, or as soon thereafter as pos- 1 sible- The managers shall admin- i ister to all perons offering to vote < the oath required by the party c rules, and shall arrange a table, i desk, or other place' upon which j i the ballot boxes shall be placed, sol* as to enable each voter to deposit j his or her ballot without inter- j ference, hindrance, crowding or \ confusion. The ballot boxes must < be marked in a suitable manner so c so as to designate in which box ? the respective tickets are to bejj placed. ? The County Democratic Execu-^ tive Committee will meet at 12 o'clock noon, on Thursday, August j 31st, 1922. to tabulate the re turns, declare the result of the pri-l mary and for such other business; as may come before the com-! mit tee. t Candidates are again reminded < that they must file with the clerk of court of Sumter county at the , end of the campaign and before the primary, an itemized, verified}, statement of all campaign expenses. I The state law governing primary* i elections requires that all clubs ) having an enrollment of fifty (50) \ or more shall vote according to the . provisions of the Australian ballot , law,' and such clubs are required to have a voting booth construct ed of suitable material, according . to the specifications set forth in i the law and to be found in the , rules of the party, one booth to ? be provided for each one hundred ? or fractional part thereof "of en rolled members. The following clubs fall under this prevision of the law and are directed to pao vide the necessary booths: Sumter, Ward 1; Sumter, Ward 2; Sumter, Ward 3; Sumter, Ward 4; Concord, Dalzell, DuBose, Eaiie, Farmers, Hagood, - Mayesvil|e, Os* we^go, Pinewood, Pleasant Grove Privateer, Rafting Creek:, Shiioh, Stateburg, Taylors, Wedgefie3<?, Zoar. H. G. OSTBEN, County Chainna.o. John B. Duffie, Secretary. Sumter, S,,-C. Aug. 10, 1922." -.-* ? ? demonstration By Tobacco Growers Aaron Sapiro Talks on Coope rative Marketing Associa tion Marion, Aug. 21.?Following an nouncement of the first big sale of tobacco by the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association and -de liveries of more than 3,3<MM*00 peunds of tobacco to cooperative warehouses last week, growers at Mullins staged a mammoth celebra-, tion in honor of Aaron Sapiro, prophesied that cooperative &ting would stabilize the t< growers' industry and double their prices within a single year and to iay returned to see his prophecy fulfilled. "The association has aecomp?sfc ?d its first great purpose in giving you fair grading, it has doutbted the price of tobacco and before the as sociation sold one pound of'tobacco sou had made the price basis/* Sa tire told the great audience-in the Star warehouse at Mnllins today. "If the figures of our first sale represent what we will sell the 2rop for yon will get far more tbkn iouble what you got last year," 3aid the attorney'of the Tobacco Growers* Association, who is coun sel for a half-million farmers in forty cooperative associationa from :he Atlantic to the Pacific CX&t. liter cheer followed Sapiro's an Bouneement that we guarantee :hat our sales w*ll beat the out side average ju^t as they did^is Kentucky, for we are not peddling guesswork, we are selling speo?fio grades of tobacco and he ventured :he statement that advances if, tetsed upon the first sales of Jo oacco made by the big cooperative^ markets last week do not repre sent, more, than a fourth of tbe: final payments. To Seek Damage. Ridiculing the affidavit of ona Mike Rhodes, whose>allegedi breach >f contract is causing some com ment here, Mr. Sapiro said that the association would get hjjui iated damages for all the tokajjgiB? Mr. Rhodes delivered outside of j issociation, and told of how California Bean Growers/ AssOeS? ion recently got a judgment tor > 21.9 00 from a contract breaker lamed Rindge, and warned his ah> iience that warehousemen who sersisted in persuading ^prowera to Dreak their contracts would "be prosecuted. After the Californian compared he practice of certain warehense nen to the former practices dX' ?awn brokers in aiding others4 to >reak. the law until that practice vas forbidden, he referred to one leorge Yarboro, of this .vicinity; tnd was interrupted by an -angry nember of the audience, -who- t<??" lim to mention Yarboro*s name no nore. The speaker continued'to nention Yarboro's name and said : There are a few of tis who are ?eaTly willing to be killed, if he ng killed will make this raove nent a success. Concluding his speech withj,an mpassioned plea to stand by their re-it movement, which he said neant not only better prices for obacco but better houses, schools tnd roads. the Californian re ceived a tremendous ovation from he great crowd of farmers and", ownspeople that occupied every ivailable seat and stood in rows - ar back in the N Star warehouse", at iullins. George A. Norwood. presideaf*of he association; Dr. J. Y. Joyner, a [irector, and M. O. Witeon, secre ary of the association, were pre*? nt at the meeting. o m m Protect the Partridges (Spananburg Journal) r? A news dispatch from Chester, South Carolina, says that a dead cartridge was found on the farm if David M. Peden last week 5 boll weevils in its craw; t|*at i was believed that the bird's [eath was caused by the taking; of, alciura arsenate that had been, tsed to kill the bugs; that a num ?er of farmers in Chester" wcl?ld >ost their lands to save the ?artridges from the hunters. . If t be true that the partridge is the oe of the boll weevil to the extent if eating him up when he has fhe hance the Legislature should pass law as its next session making it . criminal offence punishable "hy ervice on the chaingang to 3&R partridge in this State for the: text ten years. Burn Sheriff's Car Greenwood, Aug.. Whiie^f icers were raiding a liquor dis illery in this county this morning, riends of the distillers, it is alieg d, set fire to the sheriff's autofto >ile, which was partially destriby ;d before the flames were ^fex inguished. Two men were artspst >d and lodged in jail. They $ai*e roe Klugh and James Edwards. Dwo copper stills, 45 and 50 gal ons each, were captured, in a&di ion to seven gallons of liquor%nd >etween 2,000 and 4,CO0 gallon* of nash. The two stills were found abput wo and a half miles from the Ab >eville county line, west of Green vood. According to Sheriff W.' M. ?Vhite, four men were found at^the till but two. escaped*